Rain cape and hood combination with hood adapted to contain cape



Feb. 14, 1961 OMICH 2,971,198

M. M. T RAIN CAPE AND HOOD COMBINATION WITH HOOD ADAPTED TO CONTAIN CAPEFiled March 27, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. MAGDALE/VA M. TOM/CHATTORNEY Feb. 14, 1961 M. M. TOMICH 2,971,

RAIN CAPE AND HOOD COMBINATION WITH HOOD ADAPTED TO CONTAIN CAPE FiledMarch 27', 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VENTOR.

MAGDALE/VA M. TOM/CH BY ATTORNEY Magdalena M. Tomich, 193 S. ArlingtonSt., Apt. 9, Akron, Ohio Filed Mar. 27, 1959, Ser. No. 802,425

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-84) This invention relates to a rain cape with a hooddesigned so that the cape can be folded into the hood, and the hood isprovided with releasable closing means so that it can be formed into acontainer about the folded cape. The cape can be carried in the hoodcontainer when not in use, and will be ready for immediate use.

The cape and the hood may be made of the same materials or differentmaterials. Materials such as now employed may be utilized as, forexample, transparent film materials, coated thin fabrics, etc. The capemay be fitted with snaps, tie strings, buttons or like means for closingit down the front, but this is not necessary. It may be of any suitabledesign. The hood is advantageously provided with loop tying means at thefront of the neck to serve both (1) as means for tying the hoodand-capeassembly under the chin when worn, and (2) as a handle for the packageformed of the cape in the closed hood.

The preferred means for closing the hood over the cape is a metal orplastic slide fastener, such as is commonly called a zipper. For thispurpose the two opposite edges of the hood opening and the edges at thebase of the hood which continue from said opposite edges around to theback of the hood are provided with opposite tracks for the slidefastener. The slide ordinarily will be located at the center of the backof the hood, although it might be located elsewhere as at the top centerof the hood opening.

Instead of a slide fastener, other means may be provided for closing thehood as, for example, snaps or even tie means.

The cap when not in use is folded either by fiat folds or rolling or bymere crumpling to form a small bundle which is then fit into the hood.Preferably, the sidcs are folded in, the resulting mass is folded overto the proper length to fit into the hood, and then this is foldedbackward, as will be explained in connection with the drawings. Theopposite sides of the base and opening of the hood are then broughttogether, and by suitable fastening means such as mentioned, they areheld together forming a container about the cape. Any suitable handlemay be provided on the hood, although no handle is necessary.

The invention will be further described in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 shows a cape and hood opened asthey would be when worn, with tie means fastened to the cape and holdingthe two sides of the cape together at the neck;

Fig. 2 is a view of the same except that the cape is foreshortened andits edges have been folded inwardly prior to being folded lengthwise tofit into the hood;

Fig. 3 is a detail of the back of the hood when opened out as in Fig. 2,showing the slide of the fastener at the back of the center of the neck.

Fig. 4 shows the completed package;

Fig. 5 illustrates how the full length of the cape is folded to a lengthto fit into the hood;

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Fig. 6 is a view of the cape and hood after this folding has beencompleted;

Fig. 7 illustrates how the folded mass is then folded backwardly to fitinto the hood; and

Fig. 8 shows the cape being folded into the hood.

The cape 1 as illustrated is of the simplest design and includes grips 2for holding the front of the cape together. It is tied together at theneck by the two tie strings 3 which are fastened to the cape at theneck. Snaps or other means for holding the cape together may be used.The hood 5 is of any usual design and is fastened to the hood at theseam 6 at the neck. The seam is advantageously formed by folding thebottom edge of the hood and the top edge of the cape outwardly and thenbinding them with tape, and if the hood is eventually to be closed by aslide fastener, the tape for binding the two edges will also hold atrack 7 for the slide fastener. The tape and track are advantageouslycontinued around the opening at the face of the hood, as clearlyindicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

The attachment of the cape to the hood can come as far forward to thefront corners 9 of the hood as desired, depending upon the protectionrequired at the neck of the person wearing the garment.

When the garment shown is being worn, the slide fastener 10 isadvantageously located at the back of the neck of the hood, asillustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. To fold the cape into the hood,both edges of the cape are folded in wide folds toward the center of thecape. Although Fig. 2 shows the edges folded forwardly they may befolded backwardly equally well. Then the bottom of the cape is folded up(Fig. 5) to form the folded bundle or mass shown in Figure 6. Then thisis doubled back along the center line of the back of the cape, as shownin Fig. 7, into the hood as shown in Fig. 8. After the cape has beenfolded into the hood and the opposite track members 7 have been broughttogether, the slide fastener is run along the tracks so that the tongueson the tracks are interlocked and the package is closed as illustratedin Fig. 4. In order to open the package so that the garment can be worn,the slide fastener is moved in the opposite direction along the tracksso that the bottom edge 13 of the hood and the edges 14 around theopening of the hood are again opened. The two sides 15 and 16 of thehood are never opened. There may be a seam along these two sides,although generally one side, and preferably the top side 16, isseamless.

Loops 18 are provided at the two lower front corners of the hood toserve as handles when the package is completed as in Fig. 4. When thehood is being worn they may be used for tying the hood under the wearerschin. Any sort of handle means may be provided on the completed package.

It is apparent that although a slide fastener is the most convenient andneatest type of fastener, other fasteners may be employed as by havingone of the two edges of the hood 13 or 14 overlap the other, and havingthe overlapped edges provided with snaps of the type often used forholding two pieces of c othing together. Alternatively, little tie tapesmay be used and in that event it is not necessary that the edgesoverlap. Any other suitable releasable fastening means may be providedto close the hood about the cape.

It is clear that modifications may be made with respect to the design ofthe cape, the shape of the hood, the means for attaching the hood to thecape, etc., without departing from the scope of the invention. Arm holesand even sleeves may be provided, as desired, although the latter makethe package bulkier.

The invention is covered in the claim which follows.

What I claim is:

A combination rain garment which includes a generally *geiamgunr hoodand "a cape withsubstantially vertical side edges, the entire centralportion of the bottom edge of the rear of the hood being joined in flatcontact to theicentral portion of the top-edgeof thecapewithmortions ofboth the bottom edge of the hood and the top edge of the cape,extendingforwardly on both si des of said portions which are'joinedtogether and being free of one another where-by the verticaledges ofthe cape can be folded inwardly independently of said free andoutwardly extending portions of the hood, with means on the cape forfastening together and unfastening the tops of the vertical edges of thecape independently of said free and forwardly extending portions of thehood, separate means on the hood for fastening together and unfasteningsaid free and forwardly extending portions of the hood, with slidefastener tracks on the opposite borders of the hood with the ends of thetracks joined at the'center of the top of the front of the hood and thecenterfof the bottom of the rear of the hood, and a slide fastenerat oneend of thetrackswhen-the hood is open, the cape being foldableinto thehood with said vertical edges folded-towardthe longitudinal centerlineof the cape and the cape being 7 olded transversely along saidlongitudinal 'centerline forwardly toward the hood to form asubstantially rectangular mass which mass is then foldable backwardlyalong the centerline of the cape to form a smaller substantiallyrectangular mass which is smaller in dimensions than the dimensions ofthe hood whereby it is readily turnable into the hood by folding thegarment along the juncture of the hood and the cape with said freeportions of the hood closable about the cape and the cape being therebyenclosable in the hood by movement of the slide fastener along thetracks.

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